Bibliograph

The political potential of sortition, a study of the random selection of citizens for public office, Oliver Dowlen

Type

Label

The political potential of sortition, a study of the random selection of citizens for public office, Oliver Dowlen

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The political potential of sortition

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Oliver Dowlen

Series statement

The luck of the draw

Sub title

a study of the random selection of citizens for public office

Summary

The central feature of every true lottery is that all rational evaluation is deliberately excluded. Once this principle is grasped, the author argues, we can begin to understand exactly what benefits sortation can bring to the political community. The book includes a study of the use of sortation in ancient Athens and in late medieval and renaissance Italy. It also includes commentary on the contributions to sortation made by Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Harrington and Paine; an account of the history of the randomly selected jury; and new research into lesser-known examples from England, America and revolutionary France

Target audience

adult

Classification